Bengt Berger
Bengt Berger (31 August 1942 – 15 May 2026) was a Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer. Berger studied north and south Indian music since the 1960s with Pandit Taranath Rama Rao and Mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan and played the tabla and mridangam. He died on 15 May 2026, at the age of 83.
Bengt Berger
Frankie Fouganthin · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Bengt Berger
- Born
- 31 August 1942
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Died
- 15 May 2026
- Occupation
- * Drummer
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Fields
- jazz
- Languages
- Swedish
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Bengt Berger (31 August 1942 – 15 May 2026) was a Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer. Berger studied north and south Indian music since the 1960s with Pandit Taranath Rama Rao and Mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan and played the tabla and mridangam. He died on 15 May 2026, at the age of 83.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Bengt Berger. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
museum · d9f188cc-c787-4ced-ac5f-c8d76acdd278 · wikidata · Q817205 · wikipedia · Bengt Berger
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Bengt Berger • Born — 31 August 1942 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Died — 15 May 2026 • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — * Drummer • composer • producer • Instrument — Drums • Associated Acts — Don Cherry
As sideman
As sideman
• Lennart Aberg, Green Prints (Caprice, 1986) • Don Cherry, Organic Music Society (Carpice, 1973) • Don Cherry, Eternal Now (Sonet, 1974) • Dag Vag, Almanacka (Silence, 1983) • Zia Mohiuddin Dagar & Pandit Taranath, Live In Stockholm 1969 (Country & Eastern, 2015) • Eagle-Eye Cherry, Desireless (Polydor, 1998) • Mecki Mark Men, Mecki Mark Men (Universal, 2008) • Mynta, Short Conversation (Fat & Tapes, 1985) • Rena Rama, Jazz I Sverige 73 (Caprice, 1973) • Bernt Rosengren, Notes from Underground (Harvest, 1974)
Identity
Identity
Bengt Berger is recorded as composer, actor, musician and producer.
Ann Petrén och maken Bengt Berger on Guldbaggegalan January 21, 2013 at Cirkus in Stockholm.
Frankie Fouganthin
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
2026
Bengt Berger died in 2026 at Södermalm.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Stockholm.
Birth place
Södermalm.
Death place
Discography
• Spelar (1978) • Bitter Funeral Beer (ECM, 1981) • Praise Drumming (Dragon, 1987) • Tarang (Rub-a-Dub, 1995) • All Time High (Amigo, 1999) • Live in Frankfurt 82 (Country & Eastern, 2007) • Beches Brew (Country & Eastern, 2009) • Blues for E.D. (Gazell, 2012) • The Vedbod Tapes (Country & Eastern, 2012) • Beches Brew Big (Country & Eastern, 2013) • Blue Blue With Knutsson, Spering, Schultz (2015) • Gothenburg (Country & Eastern, 2018)
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q817205: Bengt Berger
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Bengt Berger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Institutional database
- MusicBrainz artist record for Bengt Berger
Scholarly · MetaBrainz Foundation
Literature
Scholarly footprint
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
Institutional database
MusicBrainz artist record for Bengt BergerMetaBrainz Foundation
Institutional witnessreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q817205: Bengt BergerWikimedia Foundation
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
42,307 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Benet CasablancasPerson
- Bengaluru NagarathnammaPerson
- Bengan JansonPerson
- Bengt AhlforsPerson
- Bengt ForsbergPerson
- Bengt HallbergPerson
- Bengt HambraeusPerson
- Bengt LogardtPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Bengt Berger?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.